• Athabasca University, Athabasca

• PSYC 345

PART A: True/False Questions 1. Gender differences in sexual desire are larger than most other psychological gender differences. True 2. During the first month after childbirth, a mother’s dominant emotional response is typically a feeling of fulfillment and inner strength. False 3. Despite progress in many professions, only about one-third of current medical school graduates are female. False 4. The media have publicized the problem of female genital mutilation for young girls in Africa and other regions of the world; however, recent investigations show that only about 5,000 to 7,000 girls have been harmed by this ceremonial procedure. False 5. Between 20% and 30% of US and Canadian women have some form of disability. True 6. To label a remark as “sexual harassment” from the legal standpoint, the person making the remark must specifically request some sort of sexual favor. False 7. People judge elderly women consistently more negatively than they judge elderly men. False FINAL TAKE-HOME ASSIGNMENT 3 8. Most physicians currently recommend hormone replacement therapy for women who have reached menopause. False 9. When women from some ethnic groups become feminist activists, the men in their community often tell them that this activism is a threat to ethnic unity. True 10. When the first wave of the North American feminist movement began in the 1920s, because of women winning the right to vote. False Part A: Excellent! 10/10 PART B: Short-answer Questions 2pts each/16 pts total 14.25/16 1. From the film, Sexy Inc, (2007), what can the ordinary citizen do to register discontent with the ways in which girls and women are portrayed in the media? The ordinary citizen can register discontent with the way girls and women are portrayed in the media by teaching them to be critical about what is around them, how women portrayed in a sexual way. Refuse to purchase products that advertise in a way that you find offensive. Remind our young girls of who they are, what do they want the world to see, their heart? Intelligence? Or bare shoulders? A little more here: Finally, it was stressed that all levels of society must respond to media portrayals of women from individuals to teachers to industry and government